by Jill Holmes | Oct 5, 2015 | Backgrounds, Blog Challenge, Journal Pages, Linky List, My Journal Monday
I have participated in several blog challenges or participation posts on several other blogs. I thought it might be fun to try one myself. In some of my research in finding a good “linky” tool, I discovered that the WordPress.com platform does not...
by Jill Holmes | Jul 24, 2015 | Backgrounds, Books, Faces, Journal Pages, Sketch & Drawing
Kim Dellow over on her blog has a fun thing going called Art It Friday – Show Your Face. I discovered it while browsing some linked blog pages on Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s regular Friday post Art Journal Everyday post which she also posts regularly every...
by Jill Holmes | Jul 22, 2015 | Backgrounds, Journal Pages, Sketch & Drawing
Sometimes simplicity is best. Just a “brush cleaning” background in my Moleskin journal and a stamp from Dina Wakley. I added some lines and she had a torso and a twist in her personality. She turned out to be a little on the “healthy” side...
by Jill Holmes | Jul 9, 2015 | Backgrounds, Creative Techniques, Journal Pages, Tips
The journal pages below were created by first applying a coat of gesso to the page. Then a watercolor media was applied. It could have been water colors or left over dye inks or even Distress Ink from Distress Ink pads used as a watercolor. In any event, it created...
by Jill Holmes | Jul 8, 2015 | Backgrounds, Creative Techniques, Stencils, Tips
Yesterday I posted about getting all of the inky goodness out of your stencils that have been spayed with inks. Today I want to talk about a second method of “reusing” your sprayed stencils. Below is an original spray of a stencil (Urban Outsiders Stencil...
by Jill Holmes | Jul 6, 2015 | Backgrounds, Documented Life, Journal Pages, Stencils
Unfortunately–or fortunately, I really should say–I have a job to return to today. I have so enjoyed my vacation from the daily grind and I really don’t want to return today but life goes on and I need to make more money for more vacations and more...
